Information Technology for the Health Professions (4th Edition)

Author Information

Lillian Burke, Barbara Weill

Product Details

ISBN: 9780132897648

Publish Date: 07/09/2012

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Number of pages: 352

Description

Now significantly expanded and fully updated, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, 4/eis the ideal information technology primer for readers working in any healthcare field, including allied health, nursing, medical/dental/pharmaceutical assisting, or medical administration. It fully addresses each key issue in contemporary healthcare IT, including the accelerating migration towards electronic health records. New coverage includes: smartphones, tablets, and their healthcare applications; the role of healthcare reform in promoting health IT; EHR meaningful use criteria; new practice management scheduling software; the growth of telemedicine; new problems in public health; interventional radiology; surgery-related nanotechnology; information-related biotech and pharmaceutical trends; expanded applications in psychiatry and rehabilitation; genetic privacy; and much more.